Joshi two behind leader, but yet to complete second round

Jakarta, Nov 18 (PTI) Khalin Joshi had played just nine holes in his second round, when play ended early due to darkness at the Indonesia Open here today. Earlier three hours were lost due to bad weather. Joshi, who co-shared the lead at seven-under was two-under through the front nine, whil

Jakarta, Nov 18 (PTI) Khalin Joshi had played just nine holes in his second round, when play ended early due to darkness at the Indonesia Open here today. Earlier three hours were lost due to bad weather. Joshi, who co-shared the lead at seven-under was two-under through the front nine, while Johannes Veerman (US) added six-under-par 66 to his first 67 to take the second round clubhouse lead at 11-under. The 74 golfers who did not finish their second round will return on Saturday at 6.15am to complete their rounds on Saturday. Chiragh Kumar, who defends his only Asian Tour title at the Panasonic Open India in two weeks time, was the top Indian amongst those had completed two rounds. He shot 68-72 to be Tied-22nd. Gaganjeet Bhullar and Jeev Milkha Singh were Tied-31st at three-under totals with 11 holes to play, while S Chikkarangappa (74-68) and Abhinav Lohan (70-72) were Tied-43rd. Jyoti Randhawa (73-70) was Tied-65th, while Himmat Rai and Shubhankar Sharma at two-under and one-under were yet to complete second rounds. Sujjan Singh (74-76) will make an early exit as he will miss the cut. Veerman made 25 putts in a round of four birdies and one eagle which was his third for the week. After spending most of his youth in Asia, Veerman, who is now based in Texas, hopes to continue his impressive form during the weekend where his mother and relatives will come to support him. Frenchman Lionel Weber fired a sparkling 62 for the low round of the day as he finished two shots back of the clubhouse target alongside Janne Kaske (67) of Finland at the Pondok Indah Golf Course. PTI Cor AT AT

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